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Can we put a roof structure over a soil pipe and sewer?

Anonymous user 15/03/2024 - 2.55 PM

So a bit of background to the situation. We bought a terraced house a few years ago which has a section to the side of the kitchen, labelled on the floor plan as utility. This utility exists as the two houses wanted to utilize the space between the two houses at the back. This utility therefore is located off the kitchen at a lower level to the house (ground level) and consists of two outside walls, a wooden wall which is on the boundary line and another wooden wall at the end sealing it off all with a flat roof. Now within this space, as it was originally just an outside area, the soil pipe runs down the house wall and there is a man hole cover which I assume leads to the drains/sewer. The ground is just original concrete outside floor. The reason our question arises is due to our neighbors seeking permission for a single story extension including using this space and is telling us if we want to keep our utility we would need to get planning permission, raise the floor to be in line with the house and move the soil pipe and sewer. Our question is whether we can rebuild this structure (just a brick wall instead of wood on our side of the boundary line and a new flat roof) 1) without planning permission 2) as is (just new wall and roof - not moving pipe/sewer or raising floor) Thanks in advance for your help